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RE: [Family Protection] In Memory of Alyssa Mae
Oh this story is heartbreaking! I grew up in Upstate NY and we saw many similar stories to this one there. It seems that the mother in this case needed help caring for herself and her child, not necessarily for the child to be taken from her. Why couldn't local services help her get into an apartment instead? I grew up with foster siblings in the home and what they had endured while "in the system" was terrible and tragic. RIP little angel.
Ivy
Absolutely no words really to describe. No logic, no common sense. The cost of getting an apartment for her and the needed car repairs would have been far less expensive than the cost of foster care placement and all the administration costs that go with it. I am pretty sure that in most places I've lived there was always a crisis shelter for mom's and their children. many of those however were operated by private charities from mostly local funding. Seems CPS by-passes those options completely.
I hope there are at least some of us here in the U.S. that will help follow the new Family First law and begin holding the agencies and their cohorts accountable to follow the law. (still my question remains, Did They Get the Memo?) I've witnessed the flow of new policies within government bureaucracy and have to say that many times with new policy/law and procedural changes the trickle down effect doesn't work there either. Widespread implementation sometimes does not come so quickly.
You may want to write up some stories of those children you witnessed in foster care and share their stories here on FP (you can change names to protect the innocent). So much harm to the innocent and too few in the general public realize it is happening on such a large scale. Thank you and Bless you for your comment here @socent My best to you!
Is FP your page? I can write something up if you would like me to on the foster care system when I was growing up. Let me know what you think and if that would help. I understand the reason behind the system but there are so many holes in the system that so many kids fall through and no one really seems to care because there are so many in the system that it seems they lose track of them. There should definitely be more accountability and the children/teens should be treated like human beings and not like numbers or cattle that need herding. Good work for sharing this story of a failed system. Keep up the good work!
Ivy
Family Protection was started by @markwhittham with a great deal of help from @canadian-coconut The actual FP is a group effort with many dear people sharing their personal stories, researching the bigger picture of how CPS has turned in to a "cash for kids" system, and many investigators that are trying to find the answer as to how to put a stop to this abuse and insanity. Here is a post from Mark that helps explain FP:
https://steemit.com/familyprotection/@markwhittam/what-is-familyprotection-what-are-the-rules-how-do-i-donate
Great! I will look into it. Thanks for the info!
Ivy